Over 100 kilometers north of the Finnish capital of Helsinki is a small village, which has - over the past 300 years - become world-famous. The story begins back in 1881, when a man named Peter Magnus Abrahamson established the "Iittala Glasbruks Aktiebolag" (or Iittala Glass Factory), bringing with him a team of glassblowers from Sweden. It was humble beginnings - the factory would produce objects made from molds imported from abroad, resulting in designs that more often resembled existing arch...
Over 100 kilometers north of the Finnish capital of Helsinki is a small village, which has - over the past 300 years - become world-famous. The story begins back in 1881, when a man named Peter Magnus Abrahamson established the "Iittala Glasbruks Aktiebolag" (or Iittala Glass Factory), bringing with him a team of glassblowers from Sweden. It was humble beginnings - the factory would produce objects made from molds imported from abroad, resulting in designs that more often resembled existing arch...
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